Bio
Laura W. Murphy (@lwmurphy) is in her second tenure as Director of the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office, a position she first held from 1993-2005. Since returning Murphy has maintained strong relationships with leaders in the United States Congress and the Obama Administration to advance the ACLU’s public policy priorities including national security, criminal justice, human rights, privacy, reproductive rights, civil rights and First Amendment issues.
Featured work
![](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog_constitution_4-400x266.jpg)
Sep 12, 2014
The ACLU Supports Campaign Finance Reform and Free Speech
![NSA Building](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog-nsavsdhs-500x280-v01-400x266.jpg)
Jul 31, 2014
What Crack Cocaine Teaches Us About NSA Reform
![Spying](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog-spying-500x280-400x266.png)
Jul 9, 2014
What’s the Government Doing Targeting Civil Rights Leaders?
![American women sitting in front of the capitol building](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog-americanscapitolbldg-500x280-400x266.jpg)
Jun 24, 2014
It's Time to End The Blame Game and Reform Immigration Policy